Childminder denies causing harm to 10-month-old baby

A professionally trained childminder has gone on trial charged with causing serious harm to a 10-month-old baby.

The child’s mother told the trial of Sandra Higgins, aged 36, her daughter was “fine” on the morning of March 28, 2012, when she brought her to the defendant’s home.

Ms Higgins, of The Beeches, Drumgola Wood, Cavan, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the baby at her home.